| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Will Labour Cut the Council Tax ? | |
| Posted by: | David Giles | |
| Date/Time: | 11/05/10 11:26:00 |
| These Labour promises are obviously complete nonsense and were made in desperation as the Labour Council will be unable to deliver on any of them. The Community and other Independent candidates were faced with a big problem as soon as the decision was made to hold the Borough Elections on the same day as the General Election. That led to a high turnout and people voting for the main national parties rather than for Community or Independent candidates. Labour obviously targetted the ICG to get revenge for their previous defeats. There was very little Labour activity in the 3 Chiswick wards- all Labour "Resources" apperaed to have been switched to Brentford -to defeat the Lib Dems - and to Isleworth to defeat the Community candidates. The arithmetic is quite simple. In Syon Ward, the 3 Labour candidates totalled 5,357 votes.The 3 Community candidates totalled 3,937 votes.The 3 Conservatives totalled 3,758. Community plus Conservatives totalled 7,699. In Isleworth Ward, the 3 Labour candidates totalled 5,605. The 3 Community candidates totalled 4,323. The 3 Conservatives totalled 3,575. Community plus Conservatives totalled 7,898. It would have been interesting to see how the voting would have gone if voting had been held under the Alternative Vote system (now being discussed in Westminster) which would probably have resulted in many Conservative votes transferring to the Community candidates and Labour being defeated. The Conservatives polled well in Isleworth, Syon and Brentford and next time around may mount a really credible challenge to Labour in all 3 wards. |